Church’s mission is not about numbers, but evangelising, pope says

The Catholic Church in Europe and other places will, as retired Pope Benedict XVI had said, be smaller and less influential, but the church’s mission and joy is not to increase numbers but to share the Gospel, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Malta. “What is the vocation of the church? It is not numbers. It... Read More

News – Vatican, Uncategorized

March 23, 2022

Pope Francis Text For Act of Consecration

Below is the Vatican text of the Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, sent by the Vatican to bishops throughout the world. Pope Francis has invited bishops and the rest of the world to join him when he recites the prayer on 25th March in St. Peter’s Basilica. Catholic bishops in England... Read More

News – World, Uncategorized

February 17, 2022

Priest who gave life to save teen among Spanish martyrs to be beatified

A priest who stood in for a 15-year-old boy who he thought was going to be executed during Spain’s bloody civil war will be among a group of 16 priests, seminarians and laymen who are set to be beatified in Granada, Spain. The Mass and beatification of the martyrs, including Father Jose Becerra, will take... Read More

News – World, Uncategorized

January 14, 2022

I would risk prison, says Extinction Rebellion priest as jury clears train protest activists

Catholic Extinction Rebellion activists who were cleared over a 2019 stunt which saw them disrupt rush-hour trains in central London said they feel “vindicated” by the jury’s decision – and hope it will inspire others to take similar action. Father Martin Newell, 54, and former university lecturer Philip Kingston, 85, both Catholics, were joined by... Read More

News – UK and Ireland, Uncategorized

November 16, 2021

God doesn’t want Climate blah, blah, blah, says CAFOD marcher

A Catholic who marched in Glasgow says that prayer, action and political pressure are essential if change is to emerge from the COP26 conference. Joshua Nichol, a member of CAFOD’s Young Adults Delegation to COP26, said that Catholics must pray sincerely, act and speak out. “God, like Greta Thunberg, seeks not the ‘blah blah blah.’... Read More

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